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Best new web resource
Best new web resource of the day: Google Image Search. Google’s already my favorite search engine (and has been since it was in beta several years back) and now it has an image search, too. While you won’t find high-res artworks (like you do at Corbis or Getty), I’ve already discovered that it’s a treasure…
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It’s summertime and the
It’s summertime and the sewers are stinky. Smelly sewers are one of the hallmarks of summer in Tokyo. I don’t really notice them at any other time of year, but from tsuuyu (the rainy season) until autumn, I catch a noseful of noisome bouquet at almost every corner. Some drains are worse than others. In…
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This morning I’ve been
This morning I’ve been preparing for the judging portion of DigitalEve Japan’s postcard design competition. For the past six weeks, we’ve been advertising our contest (grand prize is 30,000 yen (about $300)) but have received only three entries. The deadline is Saturday June 30th so I’m hoping that we’ll have a last minute flurry of…
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Yesterday we received visitors.
Yesterday we received visitors. But not in the formal Victorian/Edwardian sense of posting hours during which visiting is acceptable. This was much more casual. Simon, a friend of Tod’s who is staying with us for a few days, called at 2:30 to say he’d arrive around 3:00. I had to leave at 2:45, so I…
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My computers’ fans buzz
My computers’ fans buzz frantically trying to cool off. Already this morning the thermometer registers 28 (82 F) degrees with a forecast of 33 (92 F). The office seems to amplify the temperature outside, so I know it will be stifling in here today. Today would be a good day to switch on the aircon.…
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Usability and User Interfaces
Handouts and lecture notes from a presentation workshop for Digital Eve Japan
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Whew, am I tired.
Whew, am I tired. The web retreat was a great success, but lots of energy! Still in jetlag mode, my body demanded large quanitities of food all weekend. Fortunately, we ate extremely well during a feast at the resort last night, two hearty lunches, and a wonderful Japanese breakfast. After dinner but before we went…
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When I’m jetlagged, I
When I’m jetlagged, I eat strangely. First of all, my mind and body are out of synch by about four hours. I went to sleep last night at 1 am and rose at 5 this morning with my mind so full of ideas and plans that it forced my body to move. So here I…
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Well, the pipe inspectors
Well, the pipe inspectors must have sent in their scathing report. The drainage system across the street has been reworked into a maze of waterways. Not only are there new, complicated joints connecting all of the branches, but they dug up the street to create two new access ports into the underground gutter! Most of…
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When we arrived home
When we arrived home last night, I grabbed all the mail out of our mailbox and reviewed it. Half of the volume of mail was flyers for real estate companies, movers, telephone cards and food delivery services. I dumped those in the trash, then sorted the remainder: two tax notices, a bill, a contract, a…
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